Key of Light is the first of a trilogy of Nora Roberts, which I did not know, or the another books would be on my list. But sadly I will have to wait until I have finished my list to read the rest of the trilogy. The trilogy takes place in a small town in Pennsylvania, where three women are charged with a quest to find three magical keys that unlock a glass box which holds the souls of three demigoddess. Each woman is given twenty-eights days to find her key, one woman searchers for a key at a time. When the first woman (Malory Price) finds her key in the given time and only can the next woman find her key. Each woman is given a clue to help her find her key. There is a little bit of love and romance between Malory Price and Michael "Flynn" Hennessy but I would say that most of the novel is a flirtatious mystery-thriller.
I have to say, I enjoyed this novel more than I thought I would. I know this book was a romantic novel and I was ready for that but I did not expect so much mystery. I have read some of Nora Roberts novels before, so I knew there would be some thrill and/or mystery in the story but I did not expect this much. I mean, lets be honest, one reads a romantic novel for the fairly tale love and the sex scenes, but I was more caught up in the mystery and the fact that I wanted Malory to find the key that I forgot I was reading a romantic novel. Also considering that I have read some of Nora Roberts novels, I have to say, she can write better sex scenes than she did in this novel. I also love the Irish theme she has in all of the books I have read of her's.
Quote:
"'You must seek beauty, and truth and courage. One alone will never stand. Two without the third is complete. Search within and know what you have yet to know. Find what the dark covets most. Search without, where the light conquers shadows, as love conquers sorrow. Silver tears fall for the song she makes there, for it springs from souls. Look beyond and between, see where beauty blooms and the goddess sings. There may be fear, there may be grief, but the true heart vanquishes both. when you find what you seek, love will break the spell, and the hear will forge the key and bring it to light.'" Page 33
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Friday, December 28, 2012
Number Two: Land of the Dead By George A. Romero
This short graphic novel/comic book takes place years after zombies began to roam earth. There are cities surrounded by electrical fences to keep the zombies out and people hide in the shadows searching for the things they need to survive.
I loved the plot line and the characters. I like that author made zombies more than the blood thirsty undead, the zombies were learning, creative. I enjoyed the way the panels were organized on the pages, how the panels were mirrored with the scenes. I have not read a graphic novel where the panels have over lapped each other as a scene plays out, I liked it, it was like a flip book.
I loved the plot line and the characters. I like that author made zombies more than the blood thirsty undead, the zombies were learning, creative. I enjoyed the way the panels were organized on the pages, how the panels were mirrored with the scenes. I have not read a graphic novel where the panels have over lapped each other as a scene plays out, I liked it, it was like a flip book.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Number One: Feed by M.T Anderson
Feed is about a teenage boy named Titus. Titus like many people in the world, he has a "feed," a computer chip implanted in his brain. This computer chip is everything; Titus knows how to read and write because of it. The "feed" also helps him think and helps his brain do normal things like walk. The "feed" is an important part of American life and society, one is excluded from main-stream society if one does not have a "feed". But when Titus meets a girl named Violet, his life style is challenged and things change. She is the girl "who decides to fight the feed."
When I first started reading this book I did not understand where the author was going with the story and the "big picture" point he was trying to make. It frustrated me, so much that I had leave the book alone for a couple of days. Also the fact that the diction of the narrator was driving me up a wall. I understood why Anderson chose Titus to have the language diction that he did, but what puzzled me was how I felt that the story was not going anywhere. I did not understand why my professor felt the need for me to read this book. I did not like that the story was moving slow nor the fact that everything on the planet earth was died except for humans and the beaches could only be visited if one was wearing a hazmat suit. But I kept reading I knew it was important for me to finish the book and indeed it was.The end of the book paralyzed me, I sat staring at the T.V. Just staring and then I cried on the outside (which rarely happens), tears rolled down my face. The book changed me. I will never be the same again. I love and hate this book. I cannot explain my reasoning, yet. But I would recommend everyone I know to read it.
Quotes:
The discussion on page 125 about the cutting down of trees, hurts. I could not live in a world without trees. I would die.
"Schooltm is run by the corporations...it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds...it's good because that we way we know that the big corps are made up of real human beings, and not just jerks out for money, because taking care of children, they care about America's future. It's an investment in tomorrow." Page 109-110
"'We Americans,' he said, 'are interested only in the consumption of our products. we have no interest in how they were produced, or what happens to them...what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw then away." Page 290
When I first started reading this book I did not understand where the author was going with the story and the "big picture" point he was trying to make. It frustrated me, so much that I had leave the book alone for a couple of days. Also the fact that the diction of the narrator was driving me up a wall. I understood why Anderson chose Titus to have the language diction that he did, but what puzzled me was how I felt that the story was not going anywhere. I did not understand why my professor felt the need for me to read this book. I did not like that the story was moving slow nor the fact that everything on the planet earth was died except for humans and the beaches could only be visited if one was wearing a hazmat suit. But I kept reading I knew it was important for me to finish the book and indeed it was.The end of the book paralyzed me, I sat staring at the T.V. Just staring and then I cried on the outside (which rarely happens), tears rolled down my face. The book changed me. I will never be the same again. I love and hate this book. I cannot explain my reasoning, yet. But I would recommend everyone I know to read it.
Quotes:
The discussion on page 125 about the cutting down of trees, hurts. I could not live in a world without trees. I would die.
"Schooltm is run by the corporations...it teaches us how the world can be used, like mainly how to use our feeds...it's good because that we way we know that the big corps are made up of real human beings, and not just jerks out for money, because taking care of children, they care about America's future. It's an investment in tomorrow." Page 109-110
"'We Americans,' he said, 'are interested only in the consumption of our products. we have no interest in how they were produced, or what happens to them...what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw then away." Page 290
Monday, December 10, 2012
My List of Books
This is the list of the books I will be reading over the next five and a half months. Feel free to make suggestions of books you think I would like. It's not like this list is going to deter me from reading more books. Thanks!
- 1. Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross2. Eco Utopia by Ernest Callenbach3. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card4. Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card5. 1984 by George Orwell6. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley7. The Hunger Games (1) by Suzanne Collins8. The Hunger Games (2) by Suzanne Collins9. The Hunger Games (3) by Suzanne Collins10. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski11. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs12. White Oleander by Janet Fitch13. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr., and Mary Doria Russell14. Dancing Skeletons by Katherine A. Dettwyler15. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer16. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho17. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay18. Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi19. Manu by Christopher Nicole20. Rant by Chuck Palahnuik21. Batman Hush (1) by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee22. Batman Hush (2) by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee23. DMZ by Brain Wood24. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
25.Land of the Dead by George A. Romero26. Doc Savage by Kenneth Robeson27. The Savage Dragon: A Talk with God by Erik Larsen28. The Savage Dragon: God vs. The Devil by Erik Larsen29. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon30. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle31. The Sisters’ Brothers by Patrick deWitt32.Key of Light by Nora Roberts33.Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce34. Dark Lady by Richard North Patterson35. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens36. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly37. Rampant by Diana Peterfreund38. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini39. The Stubborn Heart by Frank G. Slaughter40. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien41. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern42. A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti43. Zorro by Lsabel Allende44. Outlanders by Diana Gabaldon45. Life of Pi by Yann Martel46. Democracy Matters by Cornel West47. Stormy Night by Michele Lemieux48. The Palm At the End of the Mind by Holly and Wallace Stevens49. Dirty Jokes Every Man Should Know by Doogie Horner50. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris51. Skellig by David Almond52. Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge by Gordon Edgar53. Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton54. Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi55. Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann56. The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier57. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susana Clarke58. The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling59. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli60. Children of Men by P.D. James61. The Color Purple by Alice Walker62. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons63. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen64. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King65. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson66. Hell House by Richard Matheson67. Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See68. The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan69. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan70. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See71. Dreams of Joy by Lisa See72. The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter73. Lightning by Dean Koontz74. World War Z by Max Brooks75. The Child Thief by Brom76. American Gods by Neil Gaiman77. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith78. The Green Mile by Stephen King79. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck80. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle81. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll82. Common Sense by Thomas Paine83. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie84. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs85. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling86. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux87. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs88. The Time Machine by Herbert George Wells89. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum90. Feed by M.T Anderson
Saturday, December 8, 2012
My Pledge
I have pledged to read 90 books between December 15, 2012 and August 31, 2013. I decided to read this many books mainly to give me something to do now that I have graduated for college and I do not know what to do next. I asked myself what I normally did when I was not in school? The answer: read. I thought why not read while I figure out my adventure in life? Then I thought why not blog about the books that I am reading. Next Adventure Solved!
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